Alköy, Posof

Alköy
Village
Alköy Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 41°29′N42°46′E / 41.483°N 42.767°E / 41.483; 42.767
Country	Turkey
Province	Ardahan
District	Posof
Population  (2021)	157
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)

Alköy is a village in the Posof District, Ardahan Province, Turkey. ^[1] Its population is 157 (2021). ^[2]

The village has a Lom population. ^[3]

Georgian monastery formerly existing in Alköy

Alköy's former name was Ali (Georgian : ალი). There is a settlement in Georgia bearing the name Ali. This name is written as Al (ال) in the Ottoman land-survey register (mufassal defter) of 1595. ^[4] The main church of the Georgian monastery, Ali Monastery, Ali Church, was built in the 10th the 11th century.

References

1. Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
2. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK . Retrieved 12 January 2023.
3. Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 369.
4. გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი: გამოკვლევა: წიგნი III), Sergi Jikia, Tbilisi, 1947-1958, 3 volumes, volume III (1958), p. 558.